Tag — Paula Deen

Obesity among children is growing at an alarming rate in the US and other parts of the developed world.  Fast foods and processed foods are staples in the diets of kids these days and now Paula Deen, the cook known for making fattening comfort food, is doing her part to ensure kids continue packing on the pounds.  Last week she was on The View to promote her new cookbook called Lunch-Box Set, a cookbook for kids.  However, the promotion didn’t go so well when co-host Barbara Walters was practically scolding the chubby chef because all of the foods in the cookbook are fattening. Walters said,

“You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn’t it bother you that you’re adding to this?”

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